RE: [PATCH 04/18] arch: hexagon: Don't select HAVE_OPROFILE

From: Brian Cain
Date: Fri Jan 15 2021 - 10:32:13 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 5:35 AM
...
> The "oprofile" user-space tools don't use the kernel OPROFILE support any
> more, and haven't in a long time. User-space has been converted to the
perf
> interfaces.
>
> Don't select HAVE_OPROFILE for hexagon anymore.

Acked-by: Brian Cain <bcain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/hexagon/Kconfig | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig index
> 6e00c16a36b5..44a409967af1 100644
> --- a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
> @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ config HEXAGON
> select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
> select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE
> select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
> - select HAVE_OPROFILE
> # Other pending projects/to-do items.
> # select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
> # select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT if PERF_EVENTS
> --
> 2.25.0.rc1.19.g042ed3e048af